Buckle-holder



I M. JQKEE VERS. BUCKLE HOLDER. APPLICATION ,FILED i gs zo. 1920.

1,377,254. A Patented May 10,192 1.

ATTORNEYS.

MATTHEW J. KEEVERS, OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUCKLE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters. Patent.

Patented May 10, 1921.

Application filed February 20, 1920. Serial No. 360,108.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, MATTHEW J. Knnvnns, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Northampton, in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckle-Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in buckle holders, and more particularly, to improvements in that .part of the buckle holder by which the buckle, or other ornament, is secured thereto, as distinguished from that part of the buckle holder which is adapted for connection to the pump or slipper.

An object of the invention is to provide in a buckle holder generally improved means for connection with the buckle or other ornament. I

More particularly, it is an object of the invention to provide on the tongue, or generally upstanding part, of the buckle holder, at least one spring finger formed by bending a portion of the tongue backwardly upon itself, preferably in a downward direction, whereby the buckle, or a portion thereof, may be frictionally held between such finger and the tongue.

According to a further feature of the invention, the free end of the finger is made pointed in order to readily penetrate fabric buckles, or the fabric backs or buckles of other material, whereby the finger may be secured in the fabric in the same fashion as is an ordinary pin.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following description and in the illustrative embodiment of the invention in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pump provided with a buckle supported by the improved buckle holder;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the buckle holder itself; I

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the buckle holder connected to the pump;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional elevational view illustrative of the assembled buckle and holder;

Fig. 5 is a rear perspective view of the buckle; and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary View, taken similarly to Fig. 4, but showing a different manner of using the same buckle fastening means.

Referring to these drawings; the buckle holder includes a generally upstanding port1on or tongue 10, which may be connected to thepump A. in any desired manner. As an example of one desirable way of connecting the tongue 10 to the pump A, laterally spaced pairs of jaws 11 are provided at the lower end of tongue 10, substantially as shown in S. Letters Patent No. 1,326,153, granted December 23, 1919, on an invention of William J. Fleming. Each pair of jaws is adapted to receive between them the vamp portion of the pump A, as clearly indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, and as fully disclosed in the aforesaid patent. By means of the jaws 11, the buckle support is readily and conveniently attachable to and detachable from the pump without mutilation thereof. Other means for supporting the tongue 10 from pump A may be employed, as desired, and the invention is independent of. the particular means employed.

The feature of the present invention consists in the means provided on tongue 10 for attachment to the buckle, 01' other ornament to be supported. Broadly, such means consists of at least one, and preferably two (as shown), fingers 12 which are formed by bending relatively narrow portions of tongue 10 backwardly upon itself, and preferably along the forward side of the tongue. The fingers 12 are so bent as to lie in generally parallel relation with and closely adjacent to the tongue 10; although their lower ends may be bent outwardly slightly as shown in Figs. 4: and 6. The

tongue and the fingers afford between them relatively narrow slots in which may be received and frictionally held any suitable part of the buckle, as the back B of the buckle C, holes it being cut in the back B, if necessary. The material of which the buckle holder is made is such that the fingers 12 have some spring, which aids in frictionally holding the back B in place. Obviously, other parts of buckles, fashioned otherwise than that specifically illustrated, may be attached to the buckle holderby means of the fingers 12.

In order to render the fingers capable of wider and more general use than they otherwise would be, their free ends are preferably pointed, as at 13. By this provision, the fingers may be made to readily penetrate fabric, and like materials, frequently used in buckles. These pointed ends 13 frequently render it unnecessary to cut the holes h described. Moreover, the fingers may then be used, in the fashion of pins, and attached to fabric by weaving the finger in and out through the fabric as illustrated in Fig. 6. 7

Thus, I have provided a buckle holder with improved means. for detachably contreating it to'the buckle with convenience and rapidity, and characterized by the adaptability of the connecting meansto buckles of widely varying character. The connecting means disclosed is particularly useful, among other things, with buckles having fabric partsand lacking the usual metallic parts, such as cross bars and the like, which are often used for connection with the buckle holder. r p

The invention has been disclosed herein in an embodiment at presnt preferred, for illustrative purposes, but the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description.

lVhat I claim isi V 1. A buckle holder, comprising, a tongue provided with means to attach it to a slipper or the like in generally upstanding relation, and a finger carried by the upper edge of said tongue and bent downwardly and forwardly into closely adjacent and substantially parallel relation with said tongue for enga ing a portion of the buckle and holding tdie same against the tongue.

2. A buckle holder, comprising, a part for attachment to a slipper or the like, and an upright portion provided with downwardly extending parallel fingers for engaging a buckle and clamping it to the upright portion,

3. A buckle holder, comprising, a part for attachment to a slipper or the like, and two closely spaced and generally upright parts connectedtogether at one end and between which a part of-the buckle may be received and frictionally held, the free end of one of,

said connected parts being pointed.

i. A buckle holder, comprising, a part for attachment to a slipper or the like, and two laterally spaced sets of attaching devices, each set comprising two closely spaced and generally upright parts connected together at one end and between which a part of the buckle may be received and frictionally held, the free end of one of said connected parts of each set being pointed.

A buckle holder, comprising, a tongue having means to support it in generally upright relation from a slipperor the like, and

a relatively thin pointed finger on the tongue adapted to penetrate fabric parts of buckles and be connected thereto like a pin.

MATTHEW J. KEEVERS. 

